ACCU Conference 2008, Day 3
Interesting session this morning, from Schalke Cronje, on RPM package management. One of those sessions that cover a subject I know something about but have never had time to look at in depth. Schalke covered the basic command line usage of RPM and then showed us how to create spec files and build packages that could be distributed over multiple platforms. Nothing stunningly new, but all explained clearly and it will certainly give me the confidence to try packaging up some of my stuff with a few more deployment features.
Later we had a BoF (Birds of a Feather) meeting about the ACCU website, bringing together any members who had input on the ACCU website and what direction it should be heading in. Lots of good ideas, for which there probably isn’t time to implement all of them, but we can make a list, put the simple stuff into practice and then work out how to manage the more advanced ideas. About a dozen people showed up, which was a good showing. Stay tuned for more information and updates on this.
Later I went to a session by Astrid Osborne on using Documentum to manage the documentation for a large EU organisation. A great overview of how a great paper producing (and consuming) machine like the EU handles it’s documentation. Or rather, how it would like to handle it if they ever put some of this into practise. There seem to be few organisational changes needed as well as purely technical matters.
I missed a couple of sessions today as I met up with a friend in the afternoon. And due to my sprained ankle, I couldn’t take part of in the evening squash tournament. This year the tournament was to decide on where to place braces in C++ conditional statements. I haven’t found out which side won…